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Mobile Phones Aid Health Care Delivery Worldwide: Text Messages Inform on HIV/AIDS and Help Improve Maternal Health

By: Feature Writer Christine Welter

Maya Centre Nominated for Prestigious Award: Counselling Centre Up For Guardian Public Services Award

By: Anna Reitman

Cell Phone Applications Help Farmers in Uganda: Africa's Growing Mobile Phone Market Fights Poverty With Information

By: Feature Writer Christine Welter

Community Outreach Programs Provide Assistance: Low-Income Assistance Helps People Survive Economic Recession

By: Elayne Masters

Human Organ Trafficking on the Increase: Desperate People are Selling their Kidneys

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

Men May Change the Face of Poverty in America: How Mass Layoffs May Halt the “Feminization of Poverty"

By: PD Casteel

"Nickel and Dimed": The Cost of Re-Entering the Workforce After Welfare Reform

By: Margaret Koch

How Long will this Recession Last? Economists Are Divided on When the Economy will Recover.

By: Patrick Cooley

Classism Keeps the Poor Jobless: How Poverty Hinders Opportunity

By: Jacqueline S. Homan

Poverty Simulation Reveals Struggles Of The Poor: Grand Valley State University Addresses Issues Of Living In Poverty

By: Matt Marn

Creating a World Without Poverty: Dr. Muhammad Yunus on Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

By: Feature Writer Christine Welter

Urban Farming Cleaning Up Detroit: Detroit Residence Plant Small Gardens for Needy in Abadoned Lots

By: Jen Aniano

Poverty Rates in Wyoming: Days When Working a Job Could Pay the Bills are Over

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Wisconsin: Food Harder to Afford for Inner City Residents and Native Americans

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in West Virginia: Rural Counties and Major Cities See Highest Amounts of Poverty

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Washington: Needs of Inner City Residents and Native Americans Ignored

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Virginia: Severe Poverty Found in 22 Counties and 10 Major Cities

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Vermont: Most of State's Poor Concentrated in Burlington, the Only Major City

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Utah: Native Americans and Inner City Residents Hit Hardest by Poverty

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Texas: Poorest Areas of Texas Severely Isolated

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Tennessee: Rural Areas of Tennessee are Financially Isolated from Rest of State

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in South Dakota: Needs of Native American Reservations Constantly Ignored

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in South Carolina: Isolation of the State's Poorest Multiplies the Problem

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Rhode Island: Providence and Woonsocket Have Much More Poverty than State Average

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Pennsylvania: Residents of the State's Major Cities Cannot Get By on Minimum Wage

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Oregon: Malheur County and Corvallis Have Higher Percentages of Poor People

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Oklahoma: The Rural Areas and Major Cities with High Amounts of Poverty

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Ohio: Major City Residents Can No Longer Work Enough to Pay the Bills

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in North Dakota: Extreme Isolation of Native Americans Leads to Severe Poverty

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in North Carolina: Where do the Poorest Americans in the State Live

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in New York: Major Cities in the State Have Some of Highest Rates in the US

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in New Mexico: Native Americans on Navajo Reservation See Worst Poverty in State

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in New Jersey: Huge Percentage of State's Poorest Confined to Life in Inner Cities

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in New Hampshire: Manchester and Coos County Have Most Poverty in State

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Nevada: Close to Equal Percentages of Rural and Urban Poverty

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Nebraska: Rural Areas and Native American Reservations Suffer

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Montana: Needs of Native American Reservations Consistently Underrepresented

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Missouri: Rural Areas of the State are Isolated Geographically and Financially

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Mississippi: Poor People are Isolated to Areas Along Mississippi River

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Minnesota: Poor Residents in Inner Cities and Rural Areas Hit Hardest

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Michigan: Working Full-Time Isn't Enough to be Self-Sufficient Anymore

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Massachusetts: Major City Residents Struggle to Afford Food, Shelter, Health Care

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Maryland: Inner Cities and Rural Farmlands Isolated from Rest of State

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Maine: The State's Poorest Residents Live Away from the Coast

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Louisiana: Mississippi River Towns and Major Cities Hit Most Severe Rates in US

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Kentucky: More Rural Communities are Slipping into Severe Poverty

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Kansas: Working-Class Isolation in Poor Areas of Cities Worsens Problem

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Iowa: The Working Poor in Urban Iowa Don't Make Enough Money

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Indiana: People in Major Cities Feel the Pain of a Failing Economy

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Illinois: Poor Areas of the Inner Cities Isolate the Hungry and the Homeless

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Idaho: All Over the State, People are Going to Bed Hungry

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Hawaii: These Islands are Not a Paradise for the Poorest Hawaiians

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Georgia: 36 Counties and 9 Major Cities are Prone to Stigmatization

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Florida: Huge Percentages of Retail Jobs do Not Pay Enough to Get By

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Delaware: Inner Cities do not Share in the State's Prosperity

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Connecticut: Negative Stigma Hurts the Poor in Urban Areas of the State

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Colorado: Critical Poverty in Rural Areas Tends to be Overlooked

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in California: The Working Poor in Major Cities are Hurt More

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Arkansas: Poorest Areas Along the Mississippi are Isolated from Rest of State

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Arizona: Native Americans are Still Getting the Bad Half of the Deal

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Alaska: Alaskan Cities Prosper, but Native Alaskans are Left to Freeze

By: David Boston

Poverty Rates in Alabama: In a Failing Economy Poor Families are Hit Harder

By: David Boston

How to Receive US Food Stamps: The US Government Can Help Needy Families and Individuals

By: David Boston

Feminization of Poverty: Women Constitute the Majority of the World's Poor

By: Jodie Martin

Getting a Good Wife Shipped to You: Inside the Mail Order Bride Industry - Part II

By: Greg Cruey

Shopping for a Wife Online: Inside the Mail Order Bride Industry - Part I

By: Greg Cruey

Angels of a Lower Flight: Former Playboy Centerfold Now Helps Haitians as Humanitarian

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Poverty in Russia: Russians Struggle to Adjust to Western Ideal of Democracy

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Fashion Fights Poverty in D.C. Socially Conscious Fashions and Crafts

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Indigenous Education Latin America: Poverty a Factor of Indigenous Children Scoring Lower on Tests

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Domestic Workers in El Salvador: Salvadoran Child Laborers Vulnerable to Abuse

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Children's Defense Fund in America: Cradle to Prison Pipeline Fights to Pull Families Out of Poverty

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Poverty in Brazil: Brazilian Poor Don't Have Equal Access to Education, Employment

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Child Poverty and Self Esteem: How Poverty Can Contribute to Children's Negative Emotional State

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Child Slaves in China Freed: Poor People Lured to Brick Kilns in Provinces of China

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Waterloo Region Combats Poverty: Opportunities Waterloo Region Creating Bold Solutions Initiatives

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Friends Make Afghans for Sick Kids: From Butterfly Wings to Angel Arms Creates Blankets for Children

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Bush Gearing Up to Combat Poverty: Laura Bush Traveling to Africa to Support AIDS Program

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

India, Caste and Poverty: Practice of Untouchability Continues and Creates Poverty

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Rich and Poor Gap in Ontario: Large Income Disparity Between Rich and Poor Grows

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Invention for More Water in Africa: The Hippo Roller Increases Water Supply for Those Who Need it

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Poverty in Canada: Rate of Child Poverty Stalled

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Save the Children: Poverty and Programs in America

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Depression and Poverty: Being Depressed Can Lead to Poverty

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Community Gardens Alleviate Hunger: Gardening Improves Quality of Life, Supplies Food, Helps Environment

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Conscious Simple Living Benefits: The Difference Between Simplicity and Poverty

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Mining, Environment and Poverty: Mines Pollute Water and Land

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

The Forgotten Inuit Culture: Canadian Inuits Struggle in Poverty to Retain Their Culture

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Poverty in U.S. Increasing: Poverty Ratio Grows 20% from 2000 to 2004

By: Jenny Shultz

Aboriginal Poverty Statistics: Indigenous Community Dysfunction, Facts and Figures

By: Tyson Yunkaporta

South Africa battles Poverty

By: Jenny Shultz

Poverty in Palestine

By: Jenny Shultz

China- World Hunger

By: Jenny Shultz

Support South Africa

By: Jenny Shultz

Poverty of the Soul

By: Jenny Shultz

Innate benevolence?

By: Jenny Shultz

Joy in the Dance

By: Jenny Shultz

Micah Challenge: The Eight Millennium Development Goals to Halve Global Poverty

By: Jenny Shultz

Execution, Afghanistan

By: Jenny Shultz

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